Crista聽Newmyer- Olsen (Engl, Soc;Law鈥07) said she has committed herself聽to 鈥渇ighting the good fight.鈥 Born and raised聽in Colorado鈥檚 San Luis Valley, she is currently the district attorney聽for the 12th Judicial District of Colorado. As a law student, Crista took primarily American Indian law classes.聽Her favorite professors included Jill Tompkins, then clinical professor聽in the American Indian Law Clinic, and Professor Emeritus Charles Wilkinson, whom Crista remembers fondly as a 鈥渨onderful professor in addition to a delightful human being.鈥 Outside the courtroom, Christa enjoys spending time with her family and her聽menagerie of cats, dogs and horses at her home in Mosca, Colo.

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闯补尘别蝉听搁辞产别谤迟蝉辞苍聽(Mktg) was named a 2018 Top Lawyer by Sacramento Magazine. Attorneys throughout the region participated in the voting, recommending colleagues in more than 50 legal disciplines. Attorneys receiving the highest number of votes in each discipline received a top lawyer designation and were featured in the magazine鈥檚 August issue.

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Neil Meiklejohn (Film, Soc) is the film editor for the聽In Septmeber聽Netflix documentary series Wild Wild Country, which received five Emmy nominations and won for Best Documentary. The series is centered around controver- sial Indian guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh (Osho), who established a 鈥渦topian city鈥 in Wasco County, Ore., leading to tension with locals and escalating into a national scandal. The series was released March 16 after premiering at the Sundance Film Festival.

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Ben Slavin (MechEngr) and his wife, Amberlynn, recently returned from聽sabbaticals after pedaling their bicycles 5,000 kilometers through seven countries as they rode from China through Central Asia and into the Middle East along the historic Silk Road. A YouTube documentary was created from the journey to inspire other travelers, which can be watched at youtube.com/ben-slavin.聽

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碍谤颈蝉迟颈苍听奥丑颈迟产别肠办 (Thtr) and Brian Tesch were married in June. The couple live in Cleveland, Ohio, where Brian works in software management and Kristin works at Case Western Reserve University.

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碍谤颈蝉迟颈苍听奥丑颈迟产别肠办 (Thtr) and Brian Tesch were married in June. The couple live in Cleveland, Ohio, where Brian works in software management and Kristin works at Case Western Reserve University.

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Jonathan Lucero (Fin鈥04; Law鈥07) was appointed to聽the Aurora Municipal Court as a relief judge. He serves as a magistrate judge for the Denver County Court on a part-time basis. In addition to his judicial duties, Jonathan continues to practice in the area of criminal defense with the law firm of Hernandez & Associates.

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In Septmeber聽Dan Mackin (ElCompEngr) and 罢谤别苍迟听贬别颈苍 (CompSci鈥91) launched Rule4, a Boulder-based company that聽focuses on cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, IT and more. The duo also co-wrote the fifth edition of the Unix and Linux System Administration Handbook.聽

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贬别颈诲颈听搁耻肠办谤颈别驳濒别 (Bus, Span), an attorney in the聽Denver office of the law firm WilmerHale, has聽been elected to the board of trustees of the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation. She is one of the youngest trustees in the group鈥檚 63-year history.

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Aubry Teeters聽(ArchEngr) is a project executive for Brinkman Construction. She鈥檚 a LEED Green Associate with experience in government, health care and office products. During her tenure at Brinkman, Aubry has led many Denver-based projects from preconstruction to successful completion, including INDUSTRY RiNo Station and the adaptive reuse of the historic former Gold Star Sausage building. She is currently overseeing one of Brinkman鈥檚 largest health care projects, the Eating Recovery Center in Denver鈥檚 Lowry district.

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Bradley Cheetham聽(MAeroEngr) is shooting for the moon. He is president and chief executive officer for the space startup Advanced Space, which he co-founded in 2011 while聽a graduate student at CU. The company focuses on improving the planning聽and operations of space missions. Top on Bradley鈥檚 list? NASA鈥檚 next moon mission. The company has come a long way since its first headquarters in the upstairs loft of Bradley鈥檚 apartment. Now, the company is 15 employees strong and is located in downtown Boulder. This year, the company secured two NASA small business contracts, each worth more than $1 million.聽

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Michelle Bernier聽(MDance)聽writes she is now executive director of the Sans Souci Festival of Dance Cinema. The Colorado-based festival celebrated its 15th anniversary and featured dance films聽from 13 countries at eight screening events in Boulder and Lafayette. The films聽premiered at CU鈥檚 ATLAS Blackbox Theater Sept. 14 and 15 and featured local dance companies Sweet Edge Dance and Life/Art Dance Ensemble.聽

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Rachael Kaspar聽(EnvSt, EPOBio), a research assistant at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, recently published聽a scientific article in the journal Animal Behaviour. Her research, which was based upon her undergraduate honors thesis, examined honeybee behavior and how bees fan their colony to cool it. She aims to enter graduate school by fall 2020.

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From June to August, Shelby Neil (Neuro, Psych) volunteered at hospitals in Tanzania and Nepal. She worked in health clinics, shadowing health care professionals and helping to suture wounds and deliver babies, give vaccinations and perform patient checkups. Since CU, Shelby has worked as a medical assistant for a pediatric gastroenterologist聽in Lonetree, Colo. She hopes to attend medical school in the near future.聽

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This year, Ryan Stevenson (Biochem) completed the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT), the second-longest hiking trail in the United States. The 2,650-mile-long PCT begins at the United States-Mexico border and weaves through California, Oregon and Washington, ending at the United States-Canada border in Manning Park, British Columbia. After CU, Ryan worked for the Laboratory Corporation of America (LabCorp). He left his job in April to prepare and pursue this four-month hike.

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September was聽a big month for Rudy Von Berg聽(Mktg), who won the Ironman 70.3 European Championship in Elsinore, Denmark. One week later, he placed second at the Ironman 70.3 in Mont Tremblant, Canada. At CU, he won USA Triathlon Collegiate National titles in 2014 and 2015.

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